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Author
Publisher
Abbey Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Families blend together for a variety of reasons. Widowed or divorced parents choose to remarry. An ailing or elderly relative can no longer live alone and moves in with his son's family. A family chooses to adopt a child. Economic circumstances force family members to combine households. Regardless of why it happens, creating a blended family is a process of transition that takes time, patience, humor, compassion, and a whole lot of conversation....
2) Croak
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Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Fed up with her wild behavior, sixteen-year-old Lex's parents ship her off to upstate New York to live with her Uncle Mort for the summer, hoping that a few months of dirty farm work will whip her back into shape. But Uncle Mort's true occupation is much dirtier than shoveling manure. He's a Grim Reaper. And he's going to teach Lex the family business.
She quickly assimilates into the peculiar world of Croak, a town populated by reapers who deliver...
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Language
English
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Description
"Attachment theory has entered the mainstream, but most discussions focus on how we can cultivate secure monogamous relationships. What if, like many people, you're striving for secure, happy attachments with more than one partner? Polyamorous psychotherapist Jessica Fern breaks new ground by extending attachment theory into the realm of consensual nonmonogamy. Using her nested model of attachment and trauma, she expands our understanding of how emotional...
4) Outcast
Author
Series
Publisher
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"A breathtaking historical romance of loss, love, and heartbreak in eighteenth century Britain When Emma Grady finds herself orphaned one fateful night in 1860 , she is left at the mercy of her devious aunt and cruel uncle Caleb Crowther. A feared Lancashire Justice, Caleb Crowther is a womaniser and a gambler, and now the inheritance due Emma is as much in his hands as is the beautiful girl herself. But Caleb lives in fear of the past, for how did...
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Language
English
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Sumac Lottery is the keeper of her family's traditions- from Pow Wow to Holi, Carnival to Hogmanay, Sumac's on guard to make sure that no Lottery celebration gets forgotten. But this winter all Sumac's seasonal plans go awry when a Brazilian visitor overstays his welcome. A terrible ice storm grounds all flights, so one of her dads and her favorite brother can't make it home from India. And then the power starts going out across the city...
Can Sumac...
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Language
Español
Description
What does it take to be a grandparent? Is it baking cookies? Is it a rocking chair? Every grandchild knows what really makes a grandparent. Read this book and find out. This book has been translated into Spanish and allows for a wonderful shared reading experience for children who are beginning readers and is an excellent tool for building the confidence new readers need to embark on the adventures that await them while reading!
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Language
English
Description
Uncle Dan brought his nephew Otis a very special gift: a mouse with super-long, expressive whiskers! Otis can't believe his eyes. He has wanted a pet mouse forever! But, how long can he keep Alice? Can he convince his cat Rocket and his two moms to keep the little mouse, so full of imagination and energy?
The daily lives of many families-so different from each other-are often very much alike. Can Alice the mouse fit into Otis's family?
Otis and...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In Different Families, beginning readers will learn to celebrate diversity by appreciating the variety of configurations that can make a family. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text engage young readers as they draw inferences about how diversity makes our society stronger and more interesting.
An activity helps readers identify and appreciate their own unique family, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children...
9) Out of Order
Author
Language
English
Description
One million American children become part of blended family every year. What happens to stepsiblings when the oldest child suddenly becomes the middle child, and the youngest even younger? Out of Order delivers four electric points of view from stepsiblings, ages nine to fifteen, in a super-unsettled, scrambled-up family. An unforgettable Rock, Paper, Scissors tournament, plus 120 hazardous bug snacks, equals humor, insight, and serious indigestion....
Author
Language
English
Description
This book was written as a valuable tool to assist the Blended Family in understanding how valuable they are in striving to build a sustainable, cooperative, and compassionate family unit. Dr. Duane and Michele Mangum open up about their real-life experiences in being a part of the Blended Family. They provide step-by-step recommendations to help those in this dynamic family system to achieve better communication, acceptance, and forgiveness of everyone...
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Language
English
Description
A refreshingly honest and authentic description of a courageous and often lonely life journey. Theresa Miles is a technical writer by trade, but now offers a completely unabashed chronicle about fighting for her own truth amidst a world of hidden disparities.
From each carefully crafted chapter comes a host of windows, tools, and graceful insights into an experience for anyone who has felt lost or alone, giving a framework of self-acceptance, love,...
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Language
Español
Description
La compañera del rey león había tenido una sola cría que fue creciendo en un ambiente natural, y era la esperanza del reino para que lo gobernara en un futuro cuando su padre llegara a la vejez.Salía como de costumbre a jugar con sus amigos y mostraba mucha delicadeza, no le agradaba la brusquedad, por lo que fue objeto de burlas de los otros cachorros, lo que hizo que se apartara de ellos y se reuniera con las hembras, donde se encontraba a...
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Language
English
Description
Through this little journey, our magical chair helps to teach us about understating self-worth, compassion, respect, love and kindness, and working together. Also, that one's own imagination and creativity as well as faith and love for one another can conquer anything.
What we all have in common ...
That we all came from somewhere.
And, that is, how it all began.
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Language
English
Description
Southern California, 2019. Eight-year-old African girl Daisy, adopted by a Caucasian gay couple David and Isiah, was feeling excited for her first presentation day at her local elementary school. However, her excitement and presentation were brutally dismissed when the class bully, Billy, and her other classmates shamed her for having a family dynamic that didn't exemplify the popular heteronormative model. She navigated through fighting the internal...
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English
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Courtney has to go to the hospital today where she will see lots of people who work in the hospital and help people. The hospital isn't a scary place. It's just a normal day in the life of Courtney, her brother Michael and their two mums.
This is a book, which allows families with same-sex parents explore what may happen when they go to the hospital. It also lets children discover the diversity of families and opens up conversations on same-sex parenting...
17) A Christmas Song
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Language
English
Description
ATTENTION: A warning for the ones who considers themselves "faithful readers": please, don't read this Christmas special without having read "NO ÚLTIMO VOLUME" before.
For the simple fact that small details will not be absorbed as expected, and also, for a better perspection of events, since this short story takes place after the "final chapter" and long before the "epilogue".
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Language
Español
Description
Tener que lidiar con la muerte de tu mejor amiga, la segunda madre de tus hijos, y tu madre es lo suficientemente difícil, pero Gail ahora también tiene que lidiar con la casa que compró para que todos vivan en ella. Es una casa que necesita reparacioes y requiere mucho trabajo para la madre soltera. Un nuevo hogar, una nueva vida, y nuevos amigos conducen a una familia que no había anticipado o planeado.
Gail hace lo mejor que puede, tratando...
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Series
Language
English
Description
This thoughtful book helps young readers explore families with members who have special needs or challenges. It will encourage readers to consider both similarities and differences and to accept differences and challenges as being OK. They'll learn how to help and support friends whose families might have their own unique differences.
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Language
English
Description
Matilda's Project is a bright, moving, and inspiring book about family diversity, as seen through the eyes of children. Matilda's Project began as a community theatre production in January 2012. It was written, directed, and performed by qualified teachers to educate and empower children. The production, although small scale, received sponsorship, excellent reviews and a reasonable amount of media attention. In the lead up to the production, much...
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